I think Johnny Dio was just a soldier who was direct with the bosses of the Luchese family when his uncle James Plumeri, his brothers Frank and Tom took over the action in the garment center after Louis Buchalter's death. The name of his business makes me laugh. Equitable Research Ass'n.

"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green